Albert Einstein

"I am thankful for all of those who said NO to me. It's because of them I did it myself."

"Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."

"Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding."

"The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion."

"Try not to become a person of success, but rather try to become a person of value."

"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind."

"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious."

"The more I know, the more I realize I know nothing."

"A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?"

"If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe."

"It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education."

"Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools."

"The only thing standing between you and your goal is the will to try and the belief that it is possible."

"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious."

"The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible."

"If you want to know the future, look at the past."

"Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were, but without it we go nowhere."

"Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated."

"The same boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you're made of, not the circumstances."

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that."

"How do I work? I grope."

"The man who follows the crowd will never go further than the crowd."

"A human being is a part of the whole, called by us the Universe."

"I love humanity but I hate humans."

"The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are allowed to remain children all our lives."

"Nothing is more creative than destruction."

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."

"There are only two ways to live your life. One as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is."

"The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it."

"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."